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Chicago public art and murals guide

Much of Chicago's best-known art is outdoors and free to see. Most of the downtown pieces are within walking distance of each other.

In and around the Loop

  • Cloud Gate. Anish Kapoor's mirrored sculpture in Millennium Park, known to everyone as the Bean.
  • Crown Fountain. Jaume Plensa's pair of glass towers showing the faces of Chicagoans, also in Millennium Park.
  • The Picasso. An untitled monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Daley Plaza.
  • Flamingo. Alexander Calder's bright red steel sculpture in Federal Plaza.
  • Four Seasons. Marc Chagall's large mosaic on a plaza in the Loop.
  • Miró's Chicago. Joan Miró's sculpture, across the street from the Picasso.
  • Monument with Standing Beast. Jean Dubuffet's black-and-white sculpture outside the Thompson Center.

Murals

  • Pilsen. The neighborhood is covered in murals, with a long run of them along 16th Street.
  • Wabash Arts Corridor. Large-scale murals on buildings in the South Loop.

Hours, prices, schedules, and free days change. Check the official site for each place before you go.

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